futile
/ˈfjuː.taɪl/ · adj
Meaning
- Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- Insignificant; frivolous.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Middle French futile, from Latin fūtilis.
- fūtilis(la)→
- futile(frm)→
- *ǵʰew-(ine-pro)→
- futile (English)
- Relations: root, bor, uder
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